I guess when you factor everything in like injuries, college, ITFs, juniors, and other bits and bobs, as Spireman mentioned on the previous page, then it might be quite hard to rustle up an interesting field of 12 players at a given time, but while it's good for their fans as they get to watch their player regularly, and they can earn significant money, I'd rather watch an event where the likes of Beth and Lissy, those mid-late 20s, and circa 600 odd, are more like 'gatekeepers' than actual legit contenders or favourites for the title, if that makes sense? As in, they are a very welcome addition to the field, and could push the higher ranked players who would have to turn up, and possibly beat them if they are playing above and below their usual respective levels, and can also provide a good yardstick for some of the more promising youngsters, but not expected to actually win the event. Freya is a bit younger, and has obviously been far higher ranked ranked previously, but she's kind of slipping into that category when you see she is 2-12 in her last 14 tour matches (both wins against opponents 1100+), which were predominantly at W15 / W15 Q level.

The match ups look a bit better on paper tomorrow, and you're looking at closer 13/8, 7/4, 9/4, 11/4 type odds for the underdog in 4 of the 6 matches, with Kim and Annali providing their usual 9/1s and 16/1s in the other two, but bar Kylie vs Beth (yardstick, and tight match 2 weeks ago), there's not particularly much that grabs my attention.

Cheers TA. I'll try and watch Beth vs Kylie and hopefully it'll be over before the first race at Cheltenham.

Not so close

Freya Christie def Annali Olivelle 6-1 6-2
Danielle Daley def Tanysha Dissanayake 6-2 6-1 (Thought that would be a close one, so a bit of an upset)

the addict wrote:

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Not so close

Freya Christie def Annali Olivelle 6-1 6-2
Danielle Daley def Tanysha Dissanayake 6-2 6-1 (Thought that would be a close one, so a bit of an upset)

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 Yes, Tanysha was the very clear favourite with the bookies - not sure they'd actually watched yesterday's matches ! 

Longest odds I've seen for one of these matches, but then I don't often check.
Eliz is 1/33 to beat Kimberly (1.03?), but I'm not tempted by 9/1 for the reverse.

Emily Appleton def Olivia Nicholls 6-4 6-3
Eliz Maloney def Kimberly Mpukusa 6-0 6-2

Points after two rounds

Pool A
Freya Christie 6
Emily Appleton 6
Eliz Maloney 6
Annali Olivelle 0
Olivia Nicholls 0
Kimberly Mpukusa 0

Pool B
Beth Grey 6
Alice Gillan 4
Danielle Daley 4
Kylie Bilchev 3
Nadia Rawson 1
Tanysha Dissanayake 0

Ace Ventura wrote:

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The match ups look a bit better on paper tomorrow, and you're looking at closer 13/8, 7/4, 9/4, 11/4 type odds for the underdog in 4 of the 6 matches, with Kim and Annali providing their usual 9/1s and 16/1s in the other two

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 Those were the odds last night. Kim and Annali huge underdogs as expected. I think Dannielle was the 11/4 shot. They did of course exchange wins over the course of that week.